ARMED WITH A GUN, BEFORE MULTIPLE OFFICERS OPENED FIRE. A CHAOTIC SCENE UNFOLDING. >> I CAME TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM THE BUS STOP AND I SAW HELICOPTERS GOING AROUND. TRE: POLICE TAPE SURROUNDING THE SPRING MANOR APARTMENTS -- >> THE NEXT THING I HEARD WAS A POP AND THEN A POP, POP, POP, POP. TRE: AFTER OFFICERS TELL US AN ARMED MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN MOMENTS AFTER SHOOTING HIS NEIGHBOR IN FRONT OF THE VICTIM’S FAMILY. >> I’M TORN APART. I’M NOT GOOD AT ALL. MY GRANDBABY SEEN ALL OF THIS. MY SON -- THESE APARTMENTS HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD. >> I SAW HIM ON THE GROUND AND I SAW HIS FIANCÉE ATTEMPTING TO GIVE HIM CPR. TRE: AND WHEN POLICE ARRIVED -- >> HE WAS WAITING FOR THEM BECAUSE HE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO RUN AWAY BEFORE THEY ARRIVED. TRE: OFFICERS WERE THEN CONFRONTED BY A MAN WITH A GUN. >> AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE MAN TO DROP HIS GUN, USING COMMANDS AND LESS LETHAL FORCE OPTIONS, THE SUSPECT RAN AT OFFICERS AND POINTED HIS GUN AT THEM. TRE: THAT’S WHEN POLICE SAY MULTIPLE OFFICERS OPENED FIR THE SUSPECT WAS RUSHED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED, WHILE THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN THERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE REMAINING ON SCENE FOR HOURS AS THOSE WHO KNEW THE ALLEGED SHOOTER ARE SHOCKED BY THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. >> BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD ANY SORT OF ALTERCATIONS. TRE: WHILE HOPING THEIR LOVED ONE PULLS THROUGH. >> I DON’T WANT TO ACCEPT IT, BUT IF THAT WHAT IT COMES TO, WE’LL JUST HAVE TO DO OUR BEST TO BAND TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER TRE: THE CHIEF SAYS LMPD IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE MORE INFORM

Police said they are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Louisville's Okolona area. According to dispatchers, a shooting took place around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday in the 4500 block of Gills Court in the parking lot of the Spring Manor Apartments.LMPD Chief Steve Conrad said when police arrived, they found a man with several gunshot wounds.The suspected shooter remained on scene. Police said he was armed and ran toward police and pointed a gun in their direction.Conrad said several officers fired shots at the suspect and he ultimately died.The victim is in critical condition at a hospital, Conrad said. Family members of the man shot by the suspect said the victim was attacked and shot in front of his fiancee and 3-year-old daughter. "I'm torn apart. I'm not good at all," the victim's mother, Rhona Edlin, said. "My grandbaby seen all of this. My son...these apartments have gotten so bad."> "I saw him on the ground, and I saw his fiancee attempting to give him CPR," said Corey Edlin, the victim's step-brother. "(The shooter) was waiting for them because he had more than enough time to run away before they arrived."The two were reportedly neighbors, but family said there had never be any conflict between them.The department's Public Integrity Unit is investigating the officer-involved shooting. Conrad said the LMPD Homicide Unit will investigate the initial shooting, which did not involve police.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Police said they are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Louisville's Okolona area.

According to dispatchers, a shooting took place around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday in the 4500 block of Gills Court in the parking lot of the Spring Manor Apartments.

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LMPD Chief Steve Conrad said when police arrived, they found a man with several gunshot wounds.

The suspected shooter remained on scene. Police said he was armed and ran toward police and pointed a gun in their direction.

Conrad said several officers fired shots at the suspect and he ultimately died.

The victim is in critical condition at a hospital, Conrad said.

Family members of the man shot by the suspect said the victim was attacked and shot in front of his fiancee and 3-year-old daughter.

"I'm torn apart. I'm not good at all," the victim's mother, Rhona Edlin, said. "My grandbaby seen all of this. My son...these apartments have gotten so bad.">

"I saw him on the ground, and I saw his fiancee attempting to give him CPR," said Corey Edlin, the victim's step-brother. "(The shooter) was waiting for them because he had more than enough time to run away before they arrived."

The two were reportedly neighbors, but family said there had never be any conflict between them.

The department's Public Integrity Unit is investigating the officer-involved shooting. Conrad said the LMPD Homicide Unit will investigate the initial shooting, which did not involve police.